THE FORCES THAT INFLUENCE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MODERN ORGANIZATIONS

Introduction

Modern organizations evolve as the marketplace and societies
evolve around them. Political, environmental,
and economic factors drive these changes in certain directions. Typically, organizations not only adapt to these changes
but initiate them too.

Adaptation can be achieved “passively” by merely reacting to external stimulus or “actively” by truly embracing changing circumstances to maximum benefit.
Historically, we are aware of many of
these changes, the industrial age, the innovation age, the age of the
knowledge worker, or the creative
age.

The future requires us to work smarter, to be open and flexible.
This will be flat from a point of view
of opportunity for all or spiky when it comes to valleys and mountains of
creativity.

It will be demanding when one tries to be financially and
economically successful in an environment
of more players and equality in access to information.

Albert Einstein stated, “A HUMAN BEING is part of the whole called
by us universe, a part limited in time
and space. Experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest, a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our
personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Modern organizations must be
to free ourselves from this prison by widening its circle of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”1

Modern organizations
must see the world as a whole as a
set of interconnected systems

Organizations have lost the understanding of inter-connection,
even as the world has become smaller and
more readily present in our own businesses and living rooms.

When looking at what we
are passionate about and spend a lot of time with, we find that work takes a large space in our lives. In the
Western economies, it has become more and
more obvious that this work is no longer the vocation of the industrial
age. We no longer need to labor in the
production of material goods for the majority of our lives to sustain our families and ourselves. Organizations have evolved.

Organizational Behavior Forces

There are many internal and external forces that can affect an organization.

Internal and external stimuli that can impact an organization
differ depending on the type of organization
and its internal and external environments. Quite often, the internal changes
that arise, such as reorganization, layoffs,
or changesinstandards are the
result of external stimuli that must be
addressed or compensated for. In other cases, internal changes are the result of new directions imposed on the company by its leadership.

Internally an organization sets up its own culture. It creates its own internal structure, mission, and fiscal policies. These internal forces
are created to engage the external forces
that include, but aren't limited to, an organization competition, the economy, and the demands of the customers. The way that
these forces are handled speaks to the effectiveness of an organization.

Having knowledge of a system and its development will contribute
to a well-managed organization. Keeping
up to date on community needs, technology, consumer demands, and economic perspectives influence organizations
to be in a better position to fulfill their
mission to improve technology and service quality.

Having this knowledge, an organization can be in a better position
to fulfill the organizational mission.
Conducting in depth surveys, receiving information on the shifting behavior of
the American workforce, building
research that examines and defines what drives and motivate workers, and the response to the worsening
economical and employment outlook, will provide
valuable insight on recruiting, motivating, and retaining its employees.

Fiscal policy is
"government spending policies that influence
macroeconomic conditions. These policies affect tax rates, interest rates,
and government spending, in an effort to
control the economy." 4Fiscal policies are a much broader topic than that because although the
government can influence the economy and
productivity levels, individual public and private organizations can
have their own fiscal policies.
Organizational behavior can be affected by how
conservative or aggressive its fiscal policy is and it relates to success in
achieving its goals. An example of fiscal policy on a small scale is how a finance department can
write off invoices up to certain amounts.

I am a Graduate of MBA(Strategic Management), Holder of BSC. Information Technology. I am interested more in change management, Strategic Management, Policy Formulations.
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